The SF MTB Festival is an annual fundraiser for SF Urban Riders and the McLaren Bike Park project.
This unique urban event features mountain biking opportunities for all ages and abilities including competitive events, non-competitive rides, free youth programming, and lots of fun spectator action!
With events like the McLaren Short Track Challenge, 11-Mile Urban Adventure Ride, Cargo Bike Hill Climb Challenge, and professional Jump and Trials demonstrations there is something for every cyclists to enjoy!
September 6
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Event Categories: Charity Ride, Family, Rides, Social Event
THANKS FOR MAKING SAN FRANCISCO A LITTLE GREENER. San Francisco is now 80 percent of the way to Zero Waste thanks to the recycling and composting you do every day. In appreciation of your efforts, Recology will give up to 10 gallons of a gourmet planting mix to people who come to the Compost Giveaway. Join us at one of the following locations to pick up your free compost made from food scraps and plants collected in San Francisco! Please click here to register.
It's that time again to get in some waders and jump in McNab Lake. I hear this year we are going to be sporting new duds so no one will be getting wet (unless someone decides to fall!). Everyone did such a marvelous job in the summer the lake doesn't look half bad. I think we are really going to make a huge dent in the slime/garbage reduction overall this time around.
Thanks to all who braved the green waters in years past. I sure hope you can come back and help us again. Don't forget we need volunteers of all ages. We also tackle the cleanup of the play structure at the same time. This semi annual deep cleaning helps keep the play area clean and fun for all to enjoy and is especially important in the dark and sometimes wet winter months.
Local grocer Fresh & Easy on Silver Ave. is once again sponsoring Help McLaren Park's the "Jump in the Lake and Rake" event at Louis Sutter Park Dec 14th, 9AM - noon.
Save McLaren Park announces a new comprehensive electronic field guide to the plants and animals of the City's second-largest park! It is based on iNaturalist crowdsourcing software for biological observations, and describes over 300 reported species within the park's boundaries.
Maps are provided to locate each species in the park, and custom field guides may be printed or shared via PDF files ˆ perfect for school field trips and nature walks! You can even search for species via your mobile web connection. See the "more" link at the top of the page for details on how to use the field guide, and for links to more park information.
Alan Hopkins is the premier Bay Area birder. If you have any interest in bird watching, this would be the afternoon to spend in McLaren Park. The park is virtually teeming with birdlife and seeing them with the practiced eye of Alan Hopkins will make it a wonderful afternoon.
Sunday, January 22 8:30AM - 1:00 PM
John F. Shelley Drive @ Cambridge St. (MUNI 29, 44, 54)
American Kestrel
The recent Audubon Christmas Bird Count found over 50 species in McLaren Park, from Yellow-Rumped Warbler to Golden-Crowned Sparrow to American Kestrel, from Northern Flicker to Hermit Thrush to Western Meadowlark. If you like birdwatching, you'll love this unique opportunity to encounter McLaren Park's wilder corners with The Expert Himself, Alan Hopkins. Alan is co-founder and co-compiler of the local Christmas Bird Count, is past president of Golden Gate Audubon Society, and has for many years led school children through McLaren and other parks with the wonderful Kids In Parks program.
The walk starts at the Cambridge Street park entrance. Then we will encircle the park clockwise, encountering grasslands, scrub, and mixed forest environments along the way. The last stop will be Yosemite Marsh, just a short distance from our starting point. Bring binoculars, water, layers, and snacks. The hike will cover about 3 miles on moderately hilly trails and paths.
This event is sponsored by GGAS, please contact Alan Hopkins, 415.794.0281 (after 3 p.m.), alanhopkins at att.net for more information. From Silver Ave., turn south onto Cambridge St. Follow Cambridge St. south for 6 blocks to the entrance to McLaren Park at John F. Shelley Dr.
A lost hiker was rescued Monday night after police collaborated with a Good Samaritan and used cell phones and a police siren to find her in San Francisco's John McLaren Park.
The hiker had a seizure just before 5 p.m., which caused her to fall down an embankment, police said.
When she came to, she didn't know where she was and was trapped, said Officer Carlos Manfredi, a police spokesman. She had little to no cell service, and could only text her partner about her situation.
An unidentified Good Samaritan was walking the trail when she heard the hiker calling for help. Though the woman was able to find the hiker, she also couldn't direct police to where they were, Manfredi said.
Officers then began using their sirens to triangulate their location while the Good Samaritan stayed in contact with them with her cell phone. Police were able to find them within 20 minutes. The woman was more than 50 yards down a steep hillside.
"Time was a factor," Manfredi said. "It was right around the time it was getting dark, and if it got too dark, it would have been that much more difficult to locate her."
The hiker was treated for minor injuries at San Francisco General Hospital.
This is a call to action for all dog guardians. Your access to beloved play spaces that you enjoy with your dogs—Bernal Hill, McLaren Park, Lake Merced, and others—is on San Francisco’s docket to be reduced or even eliminated.
Write Before Oct 17: 80% of SF Dog Play Areas At Risk! Includes Bernal Hill, Buena Vista, Golden Gate Park Southeast and McLaren Park.
Take Action:
Public Hearing on the Natural Areas Program Draft Environmental Impact Review Thursday, Oct. 6, 1:30 PM San Francisco City Hall, Room 400
Submit Public Comments Deadline: Monday, October 17, 5:00 PM Bill Wycko, Environmental Review Officer, Planning Department, 1650 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
A national event to promote off-road cycling for youth and as a family activity
An IMBA world-wide event - Locally Organized by SF Urban Riders
EVENT INFO:
Date: Saturday September 24th, 2011
Event Time: 10 am – 2 pm
Location: McLaren Park (Eastern Parking Lot at intersection of Mansell St and Visitacion Ave.) MAP LINK
Woman's Will are showing Midsummer Night's Dream this summer in parks throughout the Bay Area. Come lounge in the sun, bring a picnic, bring wine, share laughs with your friends and family, partake deeply of quite possibly the very best comedy ever written.
Callboard Magazine says, “Woman’s Will proves itself the most imaginative and one of the best Shakespeare companies”. Chad Jones, formerly of the Oakland Tribune, “There’s probably no Shakespeare that Woman’s Will wouldn’t do well…Woman’s Will is no-nonsense theatre brimming with intelligence and passion”.
Victoria Erville, the Artistic Director and the director of Midsummer, has this to say about the play, "The setting of this Midsummer is in the late 1960's. The summer of love was in full swing and the times they were a-changin’. Into this sixties melting pot of music, sexual freedom, creative expression, and politics comes the wild and beloved story of Midsummer Night's Dream. Midsummer is about magic, love and family--the family we are born into and the family we create. Simply staged in Bay Area parks, this production promises music, fun and, naturally, some family-friendly free love."
All performances are free, donations are requested.
The Marsh is going to be getting some attention from two of McLaren's Natural Areas Gardeners but they need your help to make it a success. There's just too much for just two people to cover in one short visit so please take two hours out of your weekend to give back to the park.
Location : Bacon and Oxford St. park entrance
Time: 10am - Noon
When: This Saturday the 13th
Tools, gloves and a light snack provided by the hosts.
Build Great Trails in McLaren Park!
Friday, July 22, 2011 5:00 PM
to Sunday, July 24, 2011 3:00 PM
Once again volunteers will join with the stewardship organization V-O-CAL (Volunteers for Outdoor California) to help SF Recreation & Parks Department build and repair several different sections of the park's trails, and we need your help!
Watch this video to see what SFRPD, V-O-CAL, and over 100 volunteers accomplished a couple of years ago in McLaren. The two major trails completed then (the new switchback up University Hill, and a nicely meandering upgrade to the south slope grasslands trail) now are among the more popular paths in the park. By general acclaim, these new trails are fantastic upgrades to McLaren’s network -- they have less than 10 percent grade, provide multiple options for short or long loop hikes, and reroute foot traffic away from high-erosion areas.
In other words, we want to help them have a great event this year, and entice them back again next year, too! Sign up for all-day trail duty, or join us in camp for an hour or a day to help keep the whole operation running smoothly.
On Saturday and Sunday breakfast and lunch are provided, and Saturday evening we will enjoy entertainment around the campfire and a scrumptious outdoor dinner. You can even camp overnight in McLaren Park!
Here is the Project Fact Sheet, including daily schedules, maps and photos of the proposed work, as well as many and varied ways for you to particiate.There’s plenty to do for one and all, so find your calling and pitch in! See ya around the campfire...
To register, please go the the V-O-Cal website listed below, to ask questions please contact Cathy Moyer directly.
Cathy Moyer
Executive Director
Volunteers for Outdoor California
2745 Spring St, Unit B
Redwood City, CA 94063
Phones: Office: 650-298-9774, mobile: 650-346-4864
E-mail & web: cmoyer@v-o-cal.org, http://www.v-o-cal.org
For the first time in its 52 years, the Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe will bring its unique brand of free outdoor theatre to McLaren Park! Not to be confused with silent pantomime, the SF Mime Troupe is seldom silent and always outspoken.
Start you holiday weekend off with the Bard. This afternoon, Friday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. the children's Shakespeare Camp will be performing "The Tempest" and "MacBeth" at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park.
Thanks to the collaborative work of two or our neighborhood groups (Help McLaren Park & Gottingen Neighbors Group -GNG) and the support of Rec & Parks, our events expenses are all covered.
We'll have appetizers, kids drinks, cookies, crafts, music, a little gift bag for the children and of course SANTA!
You don't need to bring a dish or make a donation. Just come with your family and have some fun.
If you wish you can bring a drink to share with your neighbors.
If possible, please let us know if you will attend so we can have a better idea of how many people will be there
Sunday, December 19th
From 4:00 to 6pm
(sharp as Santa will come shortly after)
Louis Sutter Round House
COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY FUND – ROUND 1 PROJECT AWARD
John McLaren Park - Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in the amount of $25,000 for kiosks and wayfinding signs in McLaren Park. The proposal included a kiosk near the amphitheater stage, one outside the parking lot and an JGA replacement directional sign on Shelley Dr. The other signs will include maps of the park showing the location of the amphitheater (and other park sites), at the major entrances to the park
John McLaren Park - Peru Street Playground in the amount of $239,182 for much needed improvements
